Iditarod 2025 Newsela

Iditarod 2025 Newsela. Checkpoints 2025 Iditarod Iditarod Page Halfway Award, the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award, the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award, the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award and the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award. The 33 teams who started the 2025 Iditarod tied 2023 for the lowest total and was one fewer team than the inaugural year had on the start line

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, lengthening by more than 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) an unforgiving journey often measured in grit and attrition. In winning this year's race, Holmes will also be taking home a sizeable payday — $57,200 in winnings, the largest chunk of the $500,000 race purse — as well as $4,500 in cash and another $4,500 in gold nuggets won from various checkpoint awards.

2025 Iditarod & Northern Lights Tour Iditarod Race — Earth

In both 2023 and 2024, 29 teams finished the race.. Congratulations to our 2025 Iditarod Champion, Jessie Holmes!! 🐾🏆🐾 Holmes crossed the new Burled Arch just after 3:00 a.m In both 2023 and 2024, 29 teams finished the race..

The Iditarod Alaska 2025 Trip Beatrice Bradley. The 53rd running of the Last Great Race on Earth® includes 29 Americans (1 9 Alaskans, 3 mushers from Michigan, 1 from Alabama, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire and Wisconsin) and 4 international mushers ( 2 Canadians, 1 Dane and 1 Norwegian) . The 33 teams who started the 2025 Iditarod tied 2023 for the lowest total and was one fewer team than the inaugural year had on the start line

2025 Information for Mushers Iditarod. Winning the 53rd Iditarod comes with the largest percentage of the $500,000 purse for the 2025 race Jessie Holmes hugs his lead dogs Polar, left, and Hercules after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, March 14, 2025 in Nome